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(1)If the Secretary of State is at any time satisfied on inquiry—
(a)that a Northern Ireland licence holder is suffering from a relevant disability, and
(b)that he would be required by virtue of section 92(3) of this Act to refuse an application made by the holder at that time for a licence authorising him to drive a vehicle of the class in respect of which his Northern Ireland licence was issued or a class corresponding to that class,
he may serve notice in writing requiring the licence holder to deliver immediately to the Secretary of State his Northern Ireland licence F2....
(2)If the Secretary of State is satisfied on inquiry that a Northern Ireland licence holder is suffering from a prospective disability, he may—
(a)serve notice in writing on the Northern Ireland licence holder requiring him to deliver immediately to the Secretary of State his Northern Ireland licence F3..., and
(b)on receipt of the Northern Ireland licence F4... and of an application made for the purposes of this subsection, grant to the Northern Ireland licence holder, free of charge, a licence for a period determined by the Secretary of State under section 99(1)(b) of this Act.
(3)The Secretary of State may require a person to provide—
(a)evidence of his name, address, sex and date and place of birth, and
(b)a photograph which is a current likeness of him,
before granting a licence to him on an application for the purposes of subsection (2) above.
(4)A person who—
(a)is required under, or by virtue of, this section to deliver to the Secretary of State his Northern Ireland licence F5..., but
(b)without reasonable excuse, fails to do so,
is guilty of an offence.
F6(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6)Where a Northern Ireland licence holder is served with a notice in pursuance of this section, he shall cease to be authorised by virtue of section 109(1) of this Act to drive in Great Britain a motor vehicle of any class from such date as may be specified in the notice, not being earlier than the date of service of the notice.
(7)Where a Northern Ireland licence is delivered to the Secretary of State in pursuance of this section, he must—
(a)send the licence and its Northern Ireland counterpart to the licensing authority in Northern Ireland, and
(b)explain to them his reasons for so doing.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 109B, 109C inserted (11.10.2004) by Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32), ss. 79(2), 94; S.I. 2004/2624, art. 2(2)(a)
F2Words in s. 109B(1) repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 17(2), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
F3Words in s. 109B(2)(a) repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 17(3)(a), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
F4Words in s. 109B(2)(b) repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 17(3)(b), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
F5Words in s. 109B(4) repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 17(4), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
F6S. 109B(5) repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 17(5), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
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